Poddycast Changelog

What's new in Poddycast 0.11.0 Beta

Sep 7, 2023
  • New Features:
  • Create a playlist using the plus icon next to the input field (additionally for the use of the keyboard) - #85, #110
  • Option to clear all the history items - #53, #126
  • History tracking can be enabled/disabled via menu item - #128, #134
  • Security:
  • Close couple of dependency issues - #112, #113, #114, #117, #119, #121, #137
  • Improvements:
  • Delete playlist without reloading the entire app - #111, #109
  • Replace 30sec. forward/replay icons (audio-player interaction) - #122, #123
  • The episode feed is updated smoothly on startup - #120, #125, #127
  • Some more/smaller animations - #135
  • Notes:
  • Special thanks to @EthanGrahn for his great work and continuous contributions to this project.

New in Poddycast 0.10.0 Beta (Jun 30, 2022)

  • Security:
  • Architectural changes using the IPC concept (introduced back in Electron JS version 5+)
  • Update to Electron JS version 15.5.5
  • Improvements:
  • Project structure cleanup
  • Use of Boostrap and Boostrap Icons
  • Opening a Podcast-Feed shows loading indicator and error message on failure
  • Minor UI update (lists, header, colors, volume etc.)
  • Minor fixes
  • Choose between three theme options:
  • Sytem Settings
  • Light Mode
  • Dark Mode

New in Poddycast 0.9.0 Beta (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Security:
  • Important security update (sanitize strings)
  • Minor dependency update - #91, #92
  • Improvements:
  • OPML import/export - #86, #48, #49
  • Added scrollbar with minimal design - #90
  • Modern slider for episode progress bar on the bottom - #90
  • RSS feed parsing - #93, #87
  • Notes:
  • Due to general architectural changes you may lose the progress of your application!
  • Special thanks to @paologiua, @EthanGrahn

New in Poddycast 0.8.0 Beta (May 13, 2021)

  • Additional language support for:
  • Russian #71
  • Spanish #76
  • Italian #76
  • Japanese #76
  • Dutch #76
  • Polish #76
  • Support for additional podcasts feeds (like premium Patreon Feeds) #79
  • Volume interactions #77
  • Simplified App settings file #74
  • Broken feed URL detection #80, #73
  • Update Electron version
  • Minor improvements
  • Fix try icon for macOS
  • Electron dependencies

New in Poddycast 0.7.0 Beta (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Change 'Search' to 'Find podcast'
  • Increase playback rate up to 4x
  • App can be open just once
  • Add animations
  • Add localization for french
  • Add new icons
  • Toggle playback speeds
  • Have episode description
  • Add npm scripts and dependencies - #42
  • Option to manually update/sync Podcasts - #52
  • Option to minimize the app to the system tray - #50
  • Code refactoring
  • Bugfix:
  • Wrong episode count - #47

New in Poddycast 0.6.1 Beta (Aug 10, 2018)

  • Bugfix:
  • Continues playback for new list items (table layout) enabled
  • Continues playback will now no longer delete the list item in the Podcast Detail View (feed view)
  • Translations for context menus and other views with

New in Poddycast 0.6.0 Beta (Aug 7, 2018)

  • New:
  • App internationalization
  • Change the list item layout to a more table based look
  • Podcasts feed contains now the publishing date
  • Some minor improvements/adjustments
  • Build with electron-v2
  • Bugfix:
  • Dark mode fix (should now support all platforms properly)
  • Some minor fixes related to the new table based layout
  • Notes:
  • Special thanks to @denerFernandes for the internationalization part of the app.

New in Poddycast 0.5.0 Beta (Feb 5, 2018)

  • New:
  • Edit option in Playlist context menu is now fully functional
  • (it lets you manage your playlist even more efficiently)
  • Toggle between grid and list view in the Favorites page
  • All new fetched episodes showing the duration
  • Bugfix:
  • Use Electron v1.7.11
  • Linux save path support
  • Better iTunes search terms supporting MBCS

New in Poddycast 0.4.1 Beta (Jan 21, 2018)

  • Bugfix:
  • Show search result always in list layout (avoid grid if the search was started from the Favorites page)
  • Fix Podcast counter in the initial state, when you start the app for the first time
  • Some color correction
  • Fix Favorites grid layout:
  • Cleaner layout
  • Responsive
  • Drag just the Podcast artwork image
  • The playlist separator is no longer part of the scroll area (just scroll the list of your playlists)
  • Fix space keyboard shortcut (simply use space to play/pause the audio; but also usable in input fields)
  • Cleaner player layout
  • Change some context menu naming
  • Avoid error in empty or initial statistics

New in Poddycast 0.4.0 Beta (Jan 7, 2018)

  • New:
  • Updated audio player layout (episode name right next to the artwork)
  • Audio player progress bar is now clickable
  • Grid layout for the Favorites Podcast view (for faster access in long lists)
  • Proxy mode can be enabled/disabled with the new settings menu option
  • New Statistics section
  • Menu items renaming
  • Cut long header names (for playlists) to avoid horizontal scrolling
  • App Icon
  • Bugfix:
  • Async context menu (audio keeps playing if any context menu is open)

New in Poddycast 0.3.0 Beta (Dec 24, 2017)

  • First feature complete release for now.
  • New:
  • Rename playlists
  • Podcast settings support
  • Disable automatic new episode push
  • Improved URL Feed reader support
  • Bugfix:
  • Episode duration display issue for some Podcasts with short episodes
  • Missing 'enclosure' tag in some Feeds

New in Poddycast 0.2.1 Beta (Dec 20, 2017)

  • Release Notes:
  • First implementation of feed reader (paste any Podcast feed into the search field)
  • Bugfix:
  • Dark Mode
  • Episode time (display bug)

New in Poddycast 0.2.0 Beta (Dec 18, 2017)

  • New item count on side menu
  • New desktop like layout
  • New done flag on episodes you already listened to
  • New dark mode
  • New drag and drop for Podcasts to handle playlists
  • New episode title is shown if you hover over the player
  • Improved player to continue playing related to the currently open playlist
  • Improved stability and reliability
  • Improved feed reader
  • Fixed unsubscribe issue #10